Social Work Documentation: A Guide to Strengthening Your Case Recording

by Nancy L. Sidell

The second edition of Social Work A Guide to Strengthening Your Case Recording is an update to Nancy L. Sidell's 2011 book on the importance of developing effective social work documentation skills. The new edition aims to help practitioners build writing skills in a variety of settings. New materials include updates on current practice issues such as electronic case recording and trauma-informed documentation. The book addresses the need for learning to keep effective documentation with new exercises and provides tips for assessing and documenting client cultural differences of relevance. Sidell encourages individuals to reflect on personal strengths and challenges related to documentation skills. Social Work Documentation is a how-to guide for social work students and practitioners interested in good record keeping and improving their documentation skills.

Genres: Social Work, Nonfiction

236 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2010

Reviews

[Kimberlee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I borrowed this book from a colleague and slowly plowed through it. I found it to be some dated, and I believe the value of the book would've been increased for me if I had gone through all the exercises with a colleague. The book proports that indeed this is how to get the most out of it. I learned a thing or two. As a writer, I enjoyed reading what what makes good social work documentation.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this is a small book, it is a good guide to strengthen your documentation. I purchased this for one of my SWK classes and found myself looking back at it after I started working in child protective services.

[Kate M · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read this one, obviously, for class, but it was a great resource to get me back in to proper documentation mode.

[Sara Henderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good textbook easy to read, great examples for exercises, stated a lot of obvious answers